Privacy
Last updated 17 October 2026
In short
No analytics, no advertising, no tracking, no accounts. Whatever you enter into a meetup (names, dates, availability, messages) is stored in a Google Firebase database in Belgium, and everyone who has the meetup's link can see it.
Who is responsible
Pio Gino Steiner, Switzerland · info@piogino.ch
Piogino Meetup is a private, non-commercial hobby project.
What is stored for a meetup
- the meetup's name and the date proposals
- the names of the participants, as typed in (a first name or nickname is enough)
- each participant's availability, calendar entries and favourite dates
- messages written in the meetup
The meetup's link is its only key: anyone who has it can read and change the meetup, so share it only with the people invited. Entries stay until someone deletes them in the meetup; to have a whole meetup deleted, write to us.
Services involved
| What | Provider and location | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| The website itself, including its scripts and styles | GitHub Pages: GitHub, Inc., USA (privacy statement) | Your IP address, the page requested, browser details. GitHub logs these for operation and security. |
| The meetup data | Firebase Realtime Database: Google, data stored in Belgium (europe-west1) (privacy information) | Everything listed above, plus your IP address and browser details while the meetup is open. |
| Emotes in messages | 7TV, an emote service for Twitch, outside Switzerland (privacy policy) | Your IP address and which emotes are loaded. Without cookies. |
Cookies and browser storage
The site sets no cookies and uses no analytics; the cookie settings only control what is kept in your browser's local storage:
cookieConsent,cookieSettings,consentTimestamp,consentVersion: your choice in the cookie banner, so it isn't shown againpiogino-theme-preference: the colour theme, if you changed it
These values stay on your device. You can change them in the cookie settings at the bottom of the page or delete them by clearing the site data in your browser's settings.
Data abroad
The meetup data is stored in Belgium, which Switzerland recognises as providing adequate data protection. GitHub and Google are based in the USA and may access data from there; both state that they participate in the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. 7TV is outside Switzerland and the EU.
Your rights
Under the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) you can ask what personal data about you is processed, and have it corrected or deleted. Write to info@piogino.ch, ideally with the meetup's link. You can also contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).
Changes
This statement is updated when the site changes; the date at the top shows the current version.